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I will update the individual projects as they advance.
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8. Measuring of current amplifcation factor and Base-Emitter threshold
voltage of bipolar transistors.

9. Darlington transistors can be identifed by the threshold voltage and
high current amplifcation
factor.

10. Detection of the protection diode of bipolar transistors and MOSFETs.

11. Measuring of the Gate threshold voltage and Gate capacity value of
MOSFETs.

12. Up to two Resistors are measured and shown with symbols and values
with up to four
decimal digits in the right dimension. All symbols are surrounded by the
probe numbers of the
Tester (1-3). So Potentiometer can also be measured. If the
Potentiometer is adjusted to one
of its ends, the Tester cannot di er the middle pin and the end pin.

13. Resolution of resistor measurement is now 0:1, values up to 50M are
detected.

14. One capacitor can be detected and measured. It is shown with symbol
and value with up
to four decimal digits in the right dimension. The value can be from
25pF (8MHz clock, 50pF
@1MHz clock) to 100mF. The resolution can be up to 1 pF (@8MHz clock].

15. For capacitors with a capacity value above 2 F the Equivalent Serial
Resistance (ESR) is
measured with a resolution of 0:01
and shown with two signi cant decimal digits. This feature
is only avaiable for ATmega with at least 16K ash memory (ATmega168 or
ATmega328).
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16. Up to two diodes are shown with symbol or symbol in correct order.
Additionally
the ux voltages are shown.

17. LED is detected as diode, the ux voltage is much higher than normal.
Two-in-one LEDs are
also detected as two diodes.

18. Zener-Diodes can be detected, if reverse break down Voltage is below
4.5V. These are shown as
two diodes, you can identify this part only by the voltages. The outer
probe numbers, which
surround the diode symbols, are identical in this case. You can identify
the real Anode of the
diode only by the one with break down (threshold) Voltage nearby 700mV!

19. If more than 3 diode type parts are detected, the number of founded
diodes is shown additionally
to the fail message. This can only happen, if Diodes are attached to all
three probes and at
least one is a Z-Diode. In this case you should only connect two probes
and start measurement
again, one after the other.

20. Measurement of the capacity value of a single diode in reverse
direction. Bipolar Transistors
can also be analysed, if you connect the Base and only one of Collector
or Emitter.

21. Only one measurement is needed to nd out the connections of a bridge
rectifier.

22. Capacitors with value below 25pF are usually not detected, but can
be measured together with
a parallel diode or a parallel capacitor with at least 25pF. In this
case you must subtract the
capacity value of the parallel connected part.

23. For resistors below 2100
also the measurement of inductance will be done, if your ATmega
has at least 16K ash memory. The range will be from about 0:01mH to more
than 20H,
but the accuracy is not good. The measurement result is only shown with
a single component
connected.

24. Testing time is about two seconds, only capacity or inductance
measurement can cause longer
period.

25. Software can be configured to enable series of measurements before
power will be shut down.

27. Selectable facility to calibrate the internal port resistance of
port output and the zero o set
of capacity measurement with the self test (ATmega168 and ATmega328
only). A external
capacitor with a value between 100nF and 20 F connected to pin 1 and pin
3 is necessary to
compensate the o set voltage of the analog comparator. This can reduce
measurement errors
of capacitors of up to 40 F . With the same capacitor a correction
voltage to the internal
reference voltage is found to adjust the gain for ADC measuring with the
internal reference.

Operating location from a top in alps c2600m

Now this was a perfect SOTA location, I stayed on top overnight and used the flag pole to my right to support a 40m/20m dipole, you can see the fixture I connected to, the little ring clamp, as soon as the cable car stopped for the night out came the radio gear, it even snowed! If I had taken 2m yagi would have been amazing location as line of sight was > 80miles, the Eiger and Jungfau (Bernese Oberland group) are in the photo over my right shoulder. Temp dropped to below minus 15 but the morning operating the grey line was fun 100 or so QSO SSB qrp as HB9/M1KTA/P.